Battle of Jemgum

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Jemgum was a 1568 engagement in the early Eighty Years' War in which Spanish forces under the Duke of Alba decisively defeated Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau near the village of Jemgum in present-day Germany.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Schlacht bei Jemgum	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Jemmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Slag bij Jemgum NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch insurgents ⓘ Dutch rebels ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
combatantCommander	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderFor	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderForSide	Dutch rebels ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Eighty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAtTime	Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	21 July 1568 ⓘ
era	16th century ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent Spanish consolidation in the northern Netherlands ⓘ
hasCasualties	high Dutch rebel casualties ⓘ low Spanish casualties ⓘ
hasParticipant	artillery units ⓘ cavalry units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ
hasTerrain	marshy ground near the Ems River ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Reformation era ⓘ
historicalRegion	Frisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesMilitaryForce	Spanish Army of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesPerson	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis of Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	East Frisia NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Ems River NERFINISHED ⓘ Jemgum Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	decisive defeat of Dutch rebel army ⓘ demonstration of Duke of Alba's military effectiveness ⓘ heavy casualties among Dutch rebels ⓘ
partOf	Dutch Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfCampaign	early phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
place	Jemgum NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Heiligerlee NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence	strengthening of Spanish control in the region ⓘ temporary setback for Dutch revolt ⓘ
year	1568 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Jemmingen → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jemgum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schlacht bei Jemgum